KING CRIMSON-IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING-PINK ISLAND 1ST PRESS A2/B4 1969
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Untitled Document KING CRIMSON-IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING TYPE SINGLE LP-STEREO LABEL ISLAND 1ST PRESS PINK "i" LABELS WITH POLYDOR MATRIX SUFFIXES: A//2 & B//4 CATALOGUE NUMBER ILPS-9111 YEAR 1969 COUNTRY OF RELEASE U.K. SLEEVE GATEFOLD-E.J. DAY UNLAMINATED INSERTS/EXTRAS NONE
GRADING/CONDITION DISC(s)EXCELLENT (CLEAN RECORD with VERY LIGHT playwear and LIGHT handling and storage marks. PLAYS WITH A GREAT RICH AND UNCLUTTERED STEREO MIX, just the very occasional light background even in the melodic stuff which is good.
LABELSEXCELLENT (CLEAN LABELS with NO writing rips tears stickers or removal marks with LIGHT spindleusage and LIGHT overall handling storage and ageing marks,with a couple of score marks on A)
SLEEVE Front board.Inner gatefold EXCLEAN SLEEVE with NO writing rips tears stickers or remains: Front board is clean with light overall storage and ageing, there are a couple of small scuffs up near he top. INNER GATEOLD is clean and unmarked with just VERY LIGHT wear.
Rear Board EX- Rear board is clean with just very light ring and rubbing wear, and a small repair to the bottom edge. Flipbacks N/A N/A Spine VG Spine is complete but has a lot of storage rubbing wear, and bare card Top & front edges EX Top and bottom Edges have LIGHT wear Opening EX Openings has LIGHT usage and LIGHT wear Corners EX- All corners have LIGHTISH wear INNER /EXTRASN/A
DETAILSThe group's definitive album, and one of the most daring debut albums ever recorded by anybody. At the time, it blew all of the progressive/psychedelic competition (the Moody Blues, the Nice, etc.) out of the running, although it was almost too good for the band's own good -- it took King Crimson nearly four years to come up with a record as strong or concise.
Ian McDonald's Mellotron is the dominant instrument, along with his saxes and Fripp's guitar, making this a somewhat different-sounding record from everything else they ever did. And even though that Mellotron sound is muted and toned down compared to their concert work of the era (e.g., Epitaph), it is still fierce and overpowering, on an album highlighted by strong songwriting (most of it filled with dark and doom-laden visions), the strongest singing of Greg Lake's entire career, and Fripp's guitar playing that strangely mixed elegant classical, Hendrix-like rock explosions, and jazz noodling.
Lineup changes commenced immediately upon the album's release, and Fripp would ultimately be the only survivor on later King Crimson records.
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